Tired of those annoying resonances and ringing sounds in your snare? Have you had enough of this problem overpowering your drum sound? Here are a few tips to achieve that drum sound you have always wanted in your mix, without the annoying add-ons caused by your snare. It all begins with your EQ, understanding frequencies and how you can pinpoint and isolate them and create frequency harmonics.
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Watch video here: http://www.audio-issues.com/music-mixing/how-to-get-rid-of-annoying-resonances-in-your-snare-sound/
Audio Recording
Mixing Music 101: Critical Listening Outside Your Studio
Mixing music inside a studio whether in a professional studio or your home studio usually creates a very familiar and ideal condition. These conditions can sometimes cloud our judgment especially in what we are hearing. Thus it is strongly advised that you listen and check your mix outside of the confines of your studio. Here is an old school approach to your critical listening stage and that is outdoors.
Start by asking the question “why?” Why should you do this process and how important to your mix? The idea is to listen to your mix in your usual daily environment.
Read more here: http://en.audiofanzine.com/recording-mixing/editorial/articles/critical-listening-outside-your-studio.html
Musikmesse 2017 Highlights
The 2017 Musikmesse ended in Frankfurt last week, though it was a bit disappointing compared to last year, we have found several highlights worth mentioning.
The launch of General Music introduced in Frankfurt the latest rendition of the Promega digital keyboard, Promega 2+ tops our list. The audio engine combines sampling and modeling to handle string resonances, damping and even release. According to the manufacturer, the 88 keys are weighted, it has 160 note polyphony, 45 sounds and 128 presets (including 64 user presets).
Read the rest of the highlights here: http://en.audiofanzine.com/audio-music-gear/editorial/articles/best-of-musikmesse-2017.html
Five Dynamic Processing Modes Offered By Peak Rider 2
Impact Soundworks has announced the release of Peak Rider 2, a powerful FX plugin that allows you to control dynamics in a new way.
Peak Rider 2 uses five unique processing modes to smoothly shape the dynamic and frequency contours of your audio. You can use an external sidechain as the peak controller, an internal copy, the new generated synth / noise tone. Also available in this version is a clean and clear parametric EQ Mode.
Read more about this here: https://musewire.com/impact-soundworks-debuts-peak-rider-2-with-five-dynamic-processing-modes/
Vampire Step-Dad Uses Reaper For Live Performances
Vampire Step-Dad is an American synthwave artist using REAPER in the studio and live. Watch as Jon interviews him via Skype to learn more on how he uses Reaper live.
Watch and read more about this here: http://reaperblog.net/2017/04/vampirestepdad/